Cigar-rolling board.



N0. 657,0l3. Patented Aug. 28, I900 S. A. SHELLY.

CIGAR ROLLING BOARD.

(Application filed Apr. 19, 1900.)

(No Model.)

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SILAS A. STIELLY, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CIGAR-ROLLING BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 657,013, dated August 28, 1900.

Application filed April 19, 1900.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SILAS A. SHELLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Rolling Boards; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to cigar rolling boards of that character in which suction is employed to hold the wrapper with a gentle adhesiveness to the board to permit of the free manipulation of both hands in the act of wrapping the cigar.

The object of the invention is to simplify the construction and to provide a machine of this character which may be made at a greatly-reduced cost and perform its work in an efficient manner.

\Vith this object in view the invention consists in certain features of construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cigar-makers bench or table, illustrating the application of myinvention; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view, upon an enlarged scale, through the rolling-board.

Referring to the drawings,1 denotes a bench or table of any well-known or approved construction, and 2 denotes the rolling-board. This board is formed with a longitudinal aperture 8, in which is fitted the upper end of a suction-chamber 4c, the lower end of which communicates with an exhaust-pipe 5, which may be provided with any suitable means for producing an exhaust and which is also provided with a controlling-valve 6. The aperture is provided with a ledge 7, upon which is seated, flush with the surface of the rollingboard, a foraminous or perforated plate 8, which is held in place by screws 9, that pass downward through the plate and the flanged upper end of the suction-chamber into the ledge.

In operation properly-shaped cigar-wrappers are furnished to the operator, who places them one at a time on the perforated plate.

Serial No. 13,501. (No model.)

The cigar-bunch to be wrapped is now placed in position over the wrapper, and one end of the wrapper is engaged with the cigar-bunch. In rolling the bunch the wrapper will be pulled from the perforated plate as the cigar is being wrapped, the suction being of sufficient strength to hold the Wrapper on the plate and acts as a tension to the wrapper as it is being wound about the cigar. The valve may be operated in any desired manner, either by a rod 10, which projects within convenient reach of the hand of the operator, or by a treadle which may extend underneath the bench ortable.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of the invention will be readily understood 7: without requiring an extended explanation.

The device is exceedingly useful for the purpose for which it is designed and may be placed upon the market at a comparatively small cost. 7' 5 Having thus fully described my invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be socured by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a cigar-rolling board, the combination of a rolling-board having an aperture, the wall of which is provided at its upper edge with a surrounding ledge, a suction-chamber fitting within said aperture and adapted to be applied and removed through the top thereof, said chamber being provided at its upper edge with flanges resting upon the ledge and having flaring walls extending below the board and forming a contracted bottom, a valve-chamber applied to the said contracted bottom,avalvein said chamber,1neans for operating the valve, an exhaust-pipe connected to the valve-chamber, a perforated plate seated upon the flanges of the suctionchamber, and fastening devices common to said flanges and perforated plate for securing the same to the ledge, substantially as set forth.

2. In a cigar-rolling board, the combination, with a work-table provided with an opening, and a rolling-board located adjacent to said opening and provided with an aperture, of a suction-chamber seated within said aperture and provided at its lower end with a central valve-chamber, a perforated plate secured to the rolling-boaid at the top of the atp'er- In; testimony wheredf I have, hereunto set ture, a valve in said. valve-chamber, and a, my hand in presence of two subscribing witrod connected with said valve and having nesses. an upwardlyextending portion projecting SILAS A. SHELLY. Z;

- 5 through said opening in the table and ter- Witnesses:

minating in a handle, siibst'antially as Set 7 BENJ. G; OOWL,

forth. JAMES KOEHL. 

